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In sieben Beiträgen ( 1. Beckert, Jens u. Wolfgang Vortkamp: Westlicher Universalismus? 2. Schworck, Andreas: Anmerkungen zum schwierigen Begriff "Fundamentalismus"; 3. Schmolke, Oliver: Transmoderne und Pragmatismus; 4. Hafez, Kai: Das Islambild in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit; 5. Böhm, Andrea: Protestantischer Fundamentalismus in den USA; 6. Ther, Philipp: Ende des katholischen Sonderweges in Polen; 7. Brauch, Julia: Zur Situation der israelischen Rechten) wird unter weltweiter Perspektive eine Auseinandersetzung mit Erscheinungsformen und Begrifflichkeit des Fundamentalismus gesucht. Ausgehend von den universalistischen Ansprüchen des westlichen Gesellschaftsmodells wird der Begriff des Fundamentalismus analysiert und die Herausforderung des Fundamentalismus an die Moderne dargestellt. Zusätzlich zur Problematik des islamischen Fundamentalismus wird auch auf Erscheinungen des protestantischen Fundamentalismus in den USA und des katholischen Fundamentalismus in Polen sowie auf die fundamentalistische Rechte in Israel eingegangen. (FUB-Hng)

This multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syrians-- and Arabs more generally--at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. Between Arab and White focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II, but also continues the story up to the present. It presents an original analysis of the ways in which people mainly from current day Lebanon and Syria--the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War II--came to view themselves in r

'War, Wine, and Taxes' debunks the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs - notably on French wine - as a mercantilist tool to politically weaken France and to respond to pressure from local brewers and others

This study is at the same time a reinterpretation of German colonial policies in Mainland Tanzania 1884-1914 and a broader thesis on the interrelations between colonialism, exploitation and development. The author argues that although colonialism was basically an exploitative system, much of what we nowadays call development began in Mainland Tanzania during the early phase of German colonialism. Indeed, only 'development' made colonial exploitation possible

The objective of this book is to take stock of the challenges faced by SMEs in the CAREC landlocked economies in terms of their access to finance. This includes identifying cultural, procedural, institutional, and regulatory incentives, disincentives, and barriers faced by SMEs to access finance, and the reasons for the lack of such access. The study also assesses opportunities for SMEs to link with both domestic and global value chains and the potential impact of this on their access to finance. Finally, the study proposes policy recommendations to improve SMEs' access to finance and trade finance, especially in the agri-business sector, in light of best global practices, including the People's Republic of China's (PRC) program to nurture and support SMEs. The recommendations address effective regulatory frameworks, access to finance (banks, capital markets, start-up finance, non-traditional micro-lending or community lending, risk capital), special programs funded by foreign donor institutions, guarantee schemes, improving skills (entrepreneurial training), encouraging networking among SMEs, and use of information and communication technology.

The objective of this book is to take stock of the challenges faced by SMEs in the CAREC landlocked economies in terms of their access to finance in view of the above-mentioned constraints. This includes identifying cultural, procedural, institutional, and regulatory incentives, disincentives, and barriers faced by SMEs to access finance, and the reasons for the lack of such access. The study also assesses opportunities for SMEs to link with both domestic and global value chains and the potential impact of this on their access to finance. Finally, the study proposes policy recommendations to improve SMEs' access to finance and trade finance, especially in the agri-business sector, in light of best global practices, including the People's Republic of China's (PRC) program to nurture and support SMEs. The recommendations address effective regulatory frameworks, access to finance (banks, capital markets, start-up finance, non-traditional micro-lending or community lending, risk capital), special programs funded by foreign donor institutions, guarantee schemes, improving skills (entrepreneurial training), encouraging networking among SMEs, and use of information and communication technology.

The development of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) remains key to promoting inclusive growth in developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. The Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) provides data and analysis as a resource for evidence-based policy design on MSME development. The ASM 2020 focuses on Southeast Asia and this first volume reviews the financial and non-financial conditions of MSMEs at country and regional level. In future years, the ASM will expand its country coverage to other regions.

This final volume of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2020 sets out ADB's work so far on a new composite index called the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Index (SME-DI) to help guide support for the development of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The SME-DI aims to measure MSME development and access to finance using multivariate analysis of national MSME data. The volume includes the results of testing a pilot index using data from Southeast Asia.

Indonesia is the largest and fastest-growing internet economy in ASEAN. The market size is estimated to be USD27 billion in 2018 and it is forecasted to grow to USD100 billion by 2025. The Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of Indonesia's internet economy is estimated at 2.9% of GDP in 2018. The fast-growing e-commerce in Indonesia is driven by several factors, including a large number of mobile phone users, digitally savvy young consumers, increasing micro, small, and medium enterprises' (MSMEs) participation in online commerce, growing investment in online commerce, and supportive government policies. About three-quarters of online consumers in Indonesia are using mobile devices to shop. Affordable devices and mobile data have encouraged e-commerce penetration especially amongst the young, and this is in a country where about 87 million of its population are between the ages of 16 and 35 years, and digitally savvy.